''Mad Butcher'' is the second EP by German

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, released on 6 March 1987. It is the band's first studio recording featuring a four-piece lineup instead of a trio. Tommy Sandmann had left the band and two new members had entered the group: a new drummer, Oliver Kaiser, and a new guitarist, Harry Wilkens. "Mad Butcher", the first song of the album, is a re-recording from the ''

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'' EP with a faster tempo and double solos from Sifringer and Wilkens. The second song, "The Damned", is a cover song of the

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. The third song, "Reject Emotions", is a

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, but not really. Finally, "The Last Judgement" is an instrumental song played by Wilkens.

Track listing

Personnel

;Destruction * Schmier – bass, vocals * Harry Wilkens – guitars * Mike Sifringer – guitars * Oliver "Olli" Kaiser – drums ;Production *Sebastian Krüger – cover painting *

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– producer, mixing, recording

References

1987 EPs Destruction (band) albums SPV/Steamhammer EPs Thrash metal EPs {{1980s-metal-album-stub